Homemade Vegan Deodorant for Sensitive Skin

Deodorants are no longer a necessity to hide your body odor from the world. Rather, they’ve become more of a style statement – your unique fragrance that defines who you are and makes your distinct presence felt in the crowd. And when they come in varied fragrances, allowing you to pick the one that goes well with your personality, there’s all the more reason to wear them on any occasion – formal or casual.

However, the one underlying problem with deodorants is that nearly all of them are laden with chemicals and synthetic fragrances which may not always be suitable for all skin types. As a result, people with sensitive skin may often experience rashes, itchiness, or irritation, particularly if the deodorant touches your skin directly.

These deodorants may consist of chemicals that might not be vegan-friendly and so, as a vegan, you won’t be able to use it in your vegan lifestyle. Like several vegan food recipes, thankfully, there’s are natural remedies to this problem now – your very own vegan deodorant that you can prepare at home using all natural ingredients, and that’s perfect for sensitive skin too.

You can make these deodorants at home and gift it to your vegan friends along with these listed vegan gifts you can give.

Homemade Deodorant for Sensitive Skin

For the first time
ever, an innovative and extremely useful creation has taken the world by storm.
A deodorant that can be prepared at home using plant-based ingredients, devoid
of chemicals or any artificial stuff, and the smell of which would linger all
day long (just like the claim made by market brands). Most important, these are
natural deodorant recipe that works at
getting rid of foul body odour. Now this needs to be explored for sure. Here we
bring to you the Top 5DIY deodorant
for sensitive skin – 100% natural and vegan – safe for all skin types.
Let’s read on.

Deodorant Recipe Using Baking Soda & Clay

This has to be the
best homemade deodorant recipe of
all containing two basic odour-fighting ingredients – clay (a great detox
element helpful in fighting off odour) and baking soda (that doesn’t make your
pits stink even if you’re all sweaty under stress). Here’s a simple recipe to
make it at home.

Ingredients

Coconut
oil – 5 tbsp.

Baking
soda – 1 tbsp.

Arrowroot
powder – 6 tbsp.

Bentonite
clay – 2 tbsp.

Essential
oil – any of your choice – 5-10 drops

How to Prepare

Take all the
ingredients listed in a bowl and mix well together. The deodorant would look
and feel like a smooth paste. You can store this mix in a small jar in your
cabinet and just scoop out a bit with your fingers when you want to use. This
recipe really works at fighting odourand even keeps you smell-free for long in
the sweatiest of situations. A must try!

Homemade Deodorant Arrowroot Without Baking Soda

Even though baking
soda is the one that’d keep you off-odour, a lot of people may be sensitive to the
substance. This is why we have a special baking soda-free recipe for all those
looking out for a deodorant that’s gentle on their skin and leaves them
smelling pretty all the time.

Ingredients

Arrowroot
powder or Cornstarch – ¾ cup

Food
grade diatomaceous earth – ¼ cup

Coconut
oil – melted – 7-8tbsp.

How to Prepare

Step 1: Mix well diatomaceous earth and arrowroot powder/cornstarch.

Step 2: Now pour 6 tbsp. coconut oil into the mix
and stir well using a fork.

Step 3: Keep adding coconut oil to the mix until you
obtain the desired consistency for your deodorant.

Step 4: Transfer the mix to an airtight jar and
store. For applying to the underarms, take a small amount on your fingertips
and use.

Homemade Deodorant with Water

This is the best and the easiest one too. Not to forget, it uses only 2 ingredients that are so easily available in every household – baking soda and well, yes water!

All you need to do
is just mix about 1/8 tsp. baking soda in a small amount of water. Don’t allow
it the soda to dissolve though; just until it forms a smooth paste. Whenever
you need to, just apply some with your fingers under your arms and you’re ready
to walk pretty smelling one.

Deodorant Using Vinegar

Yet another natural homemade deodorant using vinegar
that’s highly effective at providing protection against odours (of all kinds
actually) and also has excellent antibacterial properties. So why not use its
qualities to create an all-natural deodorant for yourself?

Ingredients

How to Prepare

Step 1: Mix distilled vinegar and ethanol alcohol
in a fine mist sprayer bottle. Shake the mix well. You may add a few drops of essential
oil of your preference for the desired fragrance.

Step 2: Just spray 2 spritzes under each of the arms
when needed. You might want to allow the spray to dry upfor about a minute
before wearing clothes.

Coconut Oil Deodorant for Sensitive Skin

One of the best
natural ingredients to fight odour, has antibacterial properties, plus leaves
your skin feeling super soft and smooth too. Coconut oil works great as a vegan
deodorant and is quite simple to make at home. Here’s how.

Ingredients

Coconut
oil – 3 tbsp.

Baking
soda – 2 tbsp.

Corn
starch – 2 tbsp.

Lavender
essential oil – 8 drops

Note: In case you have sensitivity to baking
soda and wish to opt it out of your recipe, you may substitute the ingredients
with:

Coconut oil – 1 tbsp.

Shea butter – 1 tbsp.

Beeswax – 1.5 tbsp.

Vitamin E oil – 6 drops

There are vegans who consider beeswax as a non-vegan product. If you are confused about its vegan status, then check this article on is beeswax vegan and clear out your doubts.

How to Prepare
(coconut oil + baking soda)

Step 1: Take a glass bowl and mix well baking soda
and corn starch.

Step 2: Pour coconut oil into the mixtureand stir
well with a fork.

Step 3: Add lavender essential oil and blend in
well.

Step 4: Transfer the mixture in a small glass jar
or container and store.

Step 5: To apply, scoop out a small amount and rub
it to your underarms using two fingertips.

How to Prepare
(without baking soda)

In place of shea butter, you can also put cocoa butter for a softer application. Once, just check whether cocoa butter is vegan in this article.

Step 1: Add coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax
in a double boiler and heat until all the ingredients have melted. You can also
mix all the ingredients in a large glass bowl or Pyrex dish, if you don’t have
a double boiler. Place the bowl/dish atop a smaller pot/pan and fill it with 1-2
inches of water. Heat it up on a stoveand allow the ingredients to melt under
the steam of the boiling water.

Step 2: Keep stirring the mixture well until all
the ingredients blend well.

Step 3: Remove from heat and allow to cool. Add
vitamin E oil at this time and stir it in well. You may also add other
essential oils such as sage or lavender at this point to add a pleasing
fragrance to the mix.

Step 4: Once cool, pour the liquid into a jar or
deodorant container and store in a cool and dry area for future use.

Conclusion

Deodorants can actually be made in a jiffy, free of harmful chemicals, with stuff that’s so cheap and easily available at home.Why go for market brands that are non-vegan, loaded with artificial smells, and don’t even last long! Besides, you spend lavishly just out of force of habit.

If you are new to veganism, check my article on beginners guide to veganism as discussed here and how you can socialize as a vegan is discussed in this article for having a kick start to your vegan journey. Try these vegan options today and you may never need to look out elsewhere.

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Just like Gandhi once said:

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